[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#642004: dkms wants me to install already installed headers

Michal Suchanek michal.suchanek at ruk.cuni.cz
Sun Sep 18 14:09:47 UTC 2011


Package: dkms
Version: 2.2.0.2-1
Severity: normal

I patched kernel source and rebuilt it using kernel-package.

dkms refuses to build modules for the installed kernel:

OptiPlex960:~# dkms build -m virtualbox -v 4.1.0 -k
3.0.0-1radeonr1-amd64
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 3.0.0-1radeonr1-amd64 cannot be
found.
Please install the linux-headers-3.0.0-1radeonr1-amd64 package,
or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located
OptiPlex960:~# dpkg -l linux-headers-3.0.0-1radeonr1-amd64
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                          Version
Description
+++-=============================-=============================-==========================================================================
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-1radeonr1 3local1                       Header
files related to Linux kernel, specifically,


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'testing'), (410, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental'), (111, 'oldstable'), (107, 'natty-updates'), (107, 'natty')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential    11.5     
ii  coreutils          8.5-1    
ii  dpkg-dev           1.16.0.3 
ii  gcc                4:4.6.1-2
ii  make               3.81-8.1 
ii  module-init-tools  3.12-1   
ii  patch              2.6-2    

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                                         1.14.4-1                  
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-1-amd64 [linux-headers]      3.0.0-3                   
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-1radeonr1-amd64 [linux-head  3local1                   
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-rc3-amd64 [linux-headers]    3.0.0~rc3-1~experimental.1
ii  linux-headers-amd64 [linux-headers]              3.0.0+39                  
ii  linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 [linux-image]          3.0.0-3                   
ii  linux-image-3.0.0-1radeonr1-amd64 [linux-image]  3local1                   
ii  linux-image-3.0.0-rc3-amd64 [linux-image]        3.0.0~rc3-1~experimental.1
ii  menu                                             2.1.44                    
ii  sudo                                             1.7.4p4-2.squeeze.2       

dkms suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information





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